CUCFA President Constance Penley has written to Academic Senate Chair Robert May and Academic Senate Vice Chair Kum-Kum Bhavnani about our ongoing concern for the lack of shared governance, this time in UC’s implementation of suggestions made in the Huron Report. Here is a copy of her letter: Dear Professors May and Bhavnani, I am…
The $66 fix — the $48 fix PLUS Prop 98: Reclaiming California’s MASTER PLAN for Higher Education Download the full report | Fact Sheet California’s commitment to its world-acclaimed system of public higher education has declined dramatically since 2000, at tremendous loss to California’s people, economy and future prospects. It’s not too late. There are solutions….
January 25, 2018 Governor Jerry Brown California State Capitol Building, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA Dear Governor Brown, The purpose of this message is to communicate the priorities and expectations of the Reclaim CA Higher Education coalition for the California State budget. We are stakeholders committed to the reaffirmation of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education….
Our strategic planning conference was held September 26, 2015, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the Capitol Plaza Hall Temple Ballroom in Sacramento. Here are links to program materials: Conference booklet (PDF) Presentation: Stan Glantz Presentation (PDF) and Handout (PDF) Lenny Goldberg (PPT) Richard Hansen (PDF) Chris Hoene (PDF) Johnathan Lightman (PPT) Student Labor Action…
August 18, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Joint statement by CUCFA and CA-AAUP: On July 26, 2018 UC negotiators rejected a proposal by the UC-AFT Unit 17 that academic freedom be recognized as a right of all UC librarians as academic employees. UC…
Towards the end of May, CUCFA sent a letter to the leaders of UC’s new National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, asking for their help in stopping the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” (ASAA) and H.R. 4508 (commonly known as the “Prosper Act”). Last week, Executive Director Deutchman responded to our letter. Our original letter…
June 21, 2018 President Janet Napolitano University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Email: president@ucop.edu Dear President Napolitano, The Board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations applauds you for your forthright support for UC’s undocumented students, your lawsuit against the Trump administration’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA),…
May 30, 2018 Dear President Napolitano, Chancellor Gillman, Dean Chemerinsky and Executive Director Deutchman, The Council of the University of California Faculty Associations writes to you as Chair and officers of the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement to express our strong concern about, and opposition to, two bills, that are presently before…
The Retiree Health Working Group convened by UCOP has released an Interim Summary of different options for saving UC money. The Working Group has not yet formulated its recommendations, which will go to President Napolitano on June 1. But it is safe to say that the overall impact of all these “savings” would be to…
CUCFA’s statement about AFSCME 3299’s new research report Pioneering Inequality: Race, Gender, and Income Disparities at the University of California: “This report proves essential reading for anyone concerned with ongoing economic, racial and gender disparities in the UC system. We urge immediate attention to its recommendations. UC workers and contracted employees deserve better. The UC…